Monte Hale

Monte Hale

Monte Hale (born Samuel Buren Ely) was an American B-Western film star and country musician. Sometimes reported to have been born in San Angelo, Texas, he was actually born in Ada, Oklahoma but grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, attending Washington Grade School and Shawnee High School. (Texas birthplace reportedly sounded better for the movies). After working as a laborer at various jobs in Ada and Enid OK Herod Ely settled in Shawnee and became an evangelist with the Church of God. His oldest son, Buren, was known to use his musical talent during his father's services. The boy had gathered pecans and picked cotton to earn money to buy his first guitar. Soon he was singing and playing the guitar wherever he could find an audience. His parents had divorced and both had remarried with youngest brother Bobby going with his mother. In 1934, 16-year-old Buren left home as many boys did during the Depressions. He headed for Houston and found work playing his music. From there he went to Albuquerque working on a radio station. A man there convinced him to head to California but all he was able to do there was scratch together a small band and play at a winter resort dude ranch. After four years he returned to with the Texas Vaudeville and local rodeo shows. During World War II he got a job as a replacement guitarist with the Stars Over Texas Bond Drive joining several Republic Pictures celebrities and staff. This introduced him to western stars like Chill Wills and convinced Phil Isley to recommended him to Herbert Yates, head of Republic Pictures. Yates agreed to "test" him but he must fund his own trip. Some friends gave him $200 and he flew to Los Angeles. It was 1944 and he signed with the company for seven years and changed his name from Buren Ely to "Monte Hale". He soon starred in his first major role in Home on the Range. He appeared in some of the first westerns filmed in color and was given use of Roy Rogers' musical sidekicks, the "Sons of the Pioneers" for one of his movies. He was often cast as a young cowboy with cameos by Don Barry, Allen Lane and Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Hale then played more traditional Western heroes in films set in the late 19th century. By 1947 the formula was set with Paul Hurst joining the series as Hale's sidekick and Riders of the Purple Sage providing the music. At this point he ceased playing the character named for himself. Hale was also a recording star and appeared in a series of Western comics published by Fawcett Comics. Beginning in 1948 Hale had his own title with more than 50 issues. In fact, his comic book stardom lasted longer than his film stardom. Republic began cutting back on the Western genre moving to television. He finished his Republic contract with an appearance in the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans movies Trail of Robin Hood with fellow Republic stars Rex Allen and Rocky Lane. Hale made many public appearances at rodeos and other Western shows. He played a villain role in the 1954's Yukon Vengeance. His last movie appearance was in Giant in 1956, where part of his job was to teach James Dean to use a lariat. He appeared in a few television roles and movies up until 1966. On November 12, 2004, for his work in movies, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also instrumental in the foundation of what is now the Autry National Center of the American West.

  • Title : Monte Hale
  • Popularity : 1.486
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1919-06-08
  • Place of Birth : Ada, Oklahoma, USA
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Monte Hale Movies

  • 1956
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    Giant

    Giant

    7.6 1956 HD

    Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She...

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  • 1945
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    Bandits of the Badlands

    Bandits of the Badlands

    3.5 1945 HD

    Sunset Carson is a wandering cavalier who rides into the Badlands. Hallie Wayne is bedeviled by bandits who've been raiding the livestock of her...

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  • 1949
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    Ranger of Cherokee Strip

    Ranger of Cherokee Strip

    1 1949 HD

    Having been framed for murder, the half-breed Joe Bearclaws (Douglas Kennedy) escapes from jail and Ranger Steve Howard (Monte Hale) goes after him....

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  • 1946
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    Out California Way

    Out California Way

    6 1946 HD

    Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy and his sister Gloria. Danny is trying to get his...

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  • 1945
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    The Purple Monster Strikes

    The Purple Monster Strikes

    3.8 1945 HD

    A Martian invader crashes his spaceship conveniently close to the workshop of a scientist who is developing an interplanetary craft. If the...

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  • 1976
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    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    9 1976 HD

    A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

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  • 1950
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    Trail of Robin Hood

    Trail of Robin Hood

    4.7 1950 HD

    Retired actor Jack Holt is raising Christmas trees for sale at a cost which permits every family to have one. A commercial tree company tries to...

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  • 1946
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    The Phantom Rider

    The Phantom Rider

    6 1946 HD

    A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters.

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  • 1949
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    Prince of the Plains

    Prince of the Plains

    1 1949 HD

    Banker Ned Owens refuses to call in the many unpaid loans made to the local ranchers as he knows they are being terrorized by a gang of crooks and...

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  • 1949
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    Pioneer Marshal

    Pioneer Marshal

    1 1949 HD

    Monte Hale is cast as Ted Post, a Texas marshal who's on the trail of embezzler Larry Forester (Myron Healey). His search takes him to a remote...

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  • 1944
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    The Big Bonanza

    The Big Bonanza

    5.5 1944 HD

    Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid...

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  • 1946
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    Home on the Range

    Home on the Range

    1 1946 HD

    Two brothers settle a wilderness, one builds the largest cattle ranch in the state while the other creates a game preserve to protect the wild life....

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  • 1946
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    Man from Rainbow Valley

    Man from Rainbow Valley

    1 1946 HD

    When unscrupulous rodeo promoter Colonel Winthrop gets the idea of capturing "Outlaw" and making him a show horse, his niece Kay North tricks Monte...

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  • 1966
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    The Chase

    The Chase

    7.071 1966 HD

    The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

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  • 1949
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    San Antone Ambush

    San Antone Ambush

    4 1949 HD

    Just after the Civil War a Texan and his men are fighting a ruthless Commissioner and his excessive taxes. After a Lieutenant is falsely accused of a...

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  • 1948
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    The Timber Trail

    The Timber Trail

    1 1948 HD

    Monte Hale is a stagecoach driver for Jed Baker's stage-line. Jed believes his brother, Ralph, is behind the many hold-ups of his stagecoaches but...

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  • 1949
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    South of Rio

    South of Rio

    1 1949 HD

    The town of Rio Blanco is the center of a fight over the statehood issue and is a perfect setup for Lon Bryson and Chuck Bowers, who organize a...

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  • 1948
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    Son of God’s Country

    Son of God’s Country

    1 1948 HD

    Bill Sanger has his men out raiding and killing to obtain the ranches along the route that he knows the new railroad will use. He then kills the...

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  • 1948
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    California Firebrand

    California Firebrand

    3 1948 HD

    Directed by Philip Ford in 1948. When cowboy Monte Hale (Monte Hale) returns home to investigate his uncle's murder, he's mistaken for a fierce...

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  • 1950
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    The Missourians

    The Missourians

    6 1950 HD

    In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword...

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  • 1950
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    The Old Frontier

    The Old Frontier

    1 1950 HD

    Monte Hale is cast as town marshal Barney Regan. It is Barney's formidable task to round up a gang of bank robbers and expose the "Mr. Big" behind...

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  • 1945
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    Colorado Pioneers

    Colorado Pioneers

    1 1945 HD

    An interesting entry in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder" B-Western series, this film is not about hardy settlers braving the Colorado...

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  • 1946
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    California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush

    6 1946 HD

    California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.

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  • 1946
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    Sun Valley Cyclone

    Sun Valley Cyclone

    5 1946 HD

    In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.

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  • 1945
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    Rough Riders of Cheyenne

    Rough Riders of Cheyenne

    1 1945 HD

    Sunset returns to find the Carson-Sterling feud still going. Sterling has been killed and it's not long before Andrew Carson is murdered. To end the...

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  • 1947
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    Along the Oregon Trail

    Along the Oregon Trail

    1 1947 HD

    The period is the 1840's and Greg Thurston is out to establish his own empire out of a large area of the west. He needs rifles to give to the Indians...

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  • 1947
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    Last Frontier Uprising

    Last Frontier Uprising

    1 1947 HD

    Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising. Actually, he's not really himself, but a federal agent,...

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  • 1947
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    Under Colorado Skies

    Under Colorado Skies

    1 1947 HD

    Monte Hale has been working as a teller in a Texas bank during the summer to earn money for his medical college expenses during the upcoming year. He...

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  • 1950
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    The Vanishing Westerner

    The Vanishing Westerner

    2 1950 HD

    Posing as wanted men, Chris and Waldorf get hired by Sanderson. He sends them to kill the Sheriff but puts blanks in their guns. When they arrive...

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  • 1949
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    Law of the Golden West

    Law of the Golden West

    6 1949 HD

    Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy.

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  • 1949
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    Outcasts of the Trail

    Outcasts of the Trail

    1 1949 HD

    Legendary lawman Pat Garrett wins the Fourth of July buckboard race in a small Nevada town against the unscrupulous Fred Smith and pretty Lavinia...

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  • 1954
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    Yukon Vengeance

    Yukon Vengeance

    1 1954 HD

    In this north-western set in the Yukon, a Mountie must investigate the violent deaths of three mail carriers.

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  • 1996
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    Return to 'Giant'

    Return to 'Giant'

    6.1 1996 HD

    In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become,...

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  • 1976
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    It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

    7 1976 HD

    A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    4.5 1951 HD

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems...

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  • 1958
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    The Texan

    The Texan

    5.5 1958 HD

    The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.

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  • 1965
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    Honey West

    Honey West

    7 1965 HD

    After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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